CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. THE PHILOSOPHICAL PARADIGM
Background = 1
Pragmatism and Philosophical Hermeneutics = 8
Relativism = 12
Touchstone Theory = 18
The Making of an Education Programme = 20
Ideology = 24
Conclusions = 29
2. LIFELONG EDUCATION
The Movement = 35
Semantics and Programmes = 37
Informal Education = 48
Contingent 'characteristics' = 52
Theoretic Difficulties = 55
The State of the Theory = 60
Conclusions = 65
3. HUMANISM
Background = 74
In Search of a Definition = 81
Science and Scientific Humanism = 86
Manifestos and Consensus = 93
Conclusions = 97
4. HUMANISM IN CURRENT EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND LIFELONG EDUCATION
Humanist Educational Theory = 105
Existentialism = 108
Lifelong Education and 'Romantic' Humanism = 112
Lifelong Education and Existentialism = 118
Can the Lifelong Education Programme be an Existentialist One? = 123
Conclusions = 128
5. LIFELONG EDUCATION AND LIBERAL PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
Background = 135
Joh White and Lifelong Education = 141
The Concept of the Educated Man = 148
Upbringing = 152
Conclusions = 158
6. LIFELONG EDUCATION AND JOHN DEWEY
Background = 167
Compatibilities with the Lifelong Education Programme = 175
Control and Conformism = 184
Conclusions = 192
7. THE LEARNING SOCIETY
Background = 201
The 'Learning Society' as Community = 207
Self-realization = 213
Socialization = 220
Conclusions = 229
POSTSCRIPT = 237
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING = 242
NAME INDEX = 250
SUBJECT INDEX = 253
